Category: Exclusive

Welcome to part 2 of the Canadian Museum of Making tour. From the area that I like to call the “grand hall”, the tour continues thru a hallway adorned with numerous pieces of belt-driven machining equipment. All pieces of equipment look like they are fully operational. You really do feel like you are in a Victorian era manufacturing facility. This

A few weeks prior to Beakerhead, I saw on the Facebook page a posting for one of the events happening on the very last day of the festival. It was an exclusive tour for 25 people to the Canadian Museum of Making in Cochrane. I immediately signed-up but got word that I was wait-listed. I had known about this private

A giant fire spewing octopus on the chassis of a 1973 Ford 250 pick-up truck – this is El Pulpo Mecanico! At 25 feet tall, it uses 200 gallons of propane during each show. Just one giant cam in the middle spins and controls the movement of the tentacles, eyeballs, and mouths, yup, four mouths to be exact. Each flame

I took in the second day of Calgary Maker Faire at Telus Spark, and took in Eepy Bird’s 2nd show. Here are a few photos from the show. Click on the arrows beneath the photo to cycle thru. Here’s another video where Stephen and Fritz reveal their secrets, because, they want us all to try it at home! The